Network Engineer

Job Description

Network Engineer – WAN, LAN, Voice & DevOps

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Location: New York City / Hybrid

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Type: Permanent

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Salary: Competitive, dependent on experience

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A leading global asset manager is seeking a hands-on Network Engineer to join its infrastructure team. This is a broad and varied role covering the design, build, operation, and automation of enterprise WAN, LAN, and voice networks across a global estate.

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The successful candidate will work across core networking, campus and branch infrastructure, SD-WAN, voice platforms, and cloud connectivity. They will also play a key part in improving operational efficiency through automation, infrastructure-as-code, and modern DevOps practices.

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What the role involves

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• Design, deploy, support, and optimise enterprise WAN and LAN infrastructure across global offices and data centres.
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• Work with routing and switching technologies, including BGP, OSPF, VLANs, STP, QoS, and VPNs.
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• Build and maintain SD-WAN, internet breakout, cloud connectivity, and secure remote-access solutions.
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• Support enterprise voice and collaboration platforms, including SIP, unified communications, contact-centre technologies, and voice network design.
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• Troubleshoot complex production issues across network, security, voice, and application-delivery layers.
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• Contribute to network architecture, capacity planning, resilience, and lifecycle-refresh projects.
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• Automate repetitive operational tasks using Python, APIs, Ansible, Terraform, or similar tooling.
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• Work with monitoring and observability platforms to improve visibility, alerting, and incident response.
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• Collaborate with infrastructure, security, cloud, and application teams in an Agile, DevOps-led environment.
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• Participate in an on-call rotation and support business-critical systems where required.
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What we are looking for

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• Strong enterprise networking experience across WAN, LAN, routing, switching, and firewall technologies.
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• Solid knowledge of BGP, OSPF, VPNs, QoS, DNS, DHCP, and network security principles.
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• Experience with SD-WAN, cloud networking, or multi-site enterprise environments.
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• Exposure to enterprise voice, SIP, unified communications, or contact-centre platforms.
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• A genuine interest in automation and DevOps, with skills in Python and/or infrastructure-as-code tools such as Ansible or Terraform.
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• Experience with network monitoring, logging, and observability tools.
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• Strong troubleshooting skills and the ability to work calmly under pressure.
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• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
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Desirable experience

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• Cisco, Juniper, Arista, Palo Alto, Fortinet, or equivalent technologies.
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• AWS, Azure, or GCP networking.
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• Cisco Meraki, Cisco Catalyst/SD-WAN, or similar platforms.
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• Microsoft Teams Voice, Zoom Phone, Avaya, Genesys, or other enterprise voice platforms.
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• CI/CD, Git, Linux, and container-based tooling.
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• Financial services, asset management, or other regulated-environment experience.
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Why join?

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This is an excellent opportunity for a Network Engineer who wants genuine variety across WAN, LAN, voice, security, and cloud, while developing automation and DevOps capabilities. The successful candidate will join a collaborative engineering team with real ownership of critical infrastructure and the opportunity to influence how the network estate evolves.

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Apply now or get in touch for a confidential discussion.